Anthropology can be defined in basic terms as the study of humankind. It incorporates the findings of many other fields such as biology, sociology, history and economics. Since the study of humankind is so broad, anthropology is divided into four major fields which are Cultural, Archeology, Physical and Linguistic. I have found that each of these fields has many specialized areas or subfields that can open the doors to a wide-variety of fascinating, interesting and even unexpected careers.
Cultural or social anthropology studies human behaviors. Two major subfields among many are urban and medical. Cultural anthropologists can be employed in healthcare centers, will all government and international agencies, research institutes, marketing firms as science analysts and research directors and many can be found working with nonprofit associations. Although the professional cultural anthropologists are required to have an M.A., M.S. or Ph.D. many people still find great jobs......
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